Irish University Press Series Of British Parliamentary Papers Colonies General PDF Download

The African material in the British Parliamentary Papers provides the largest amount of printed sources available for the history of the continent during the nineteenth century. During most of this period the greater part of Africa was still independent of any colonial power, and the main stream of British official information concerning it came from consular and naval authorities, whose correspondence with the Foreign Office is largely represented in the Slave-Trade series, already reproduced by the Irish University Press in ninety-five volumes. The African Set consists mainly of Colonial Office papers and inquiry reports (excluding bills, estimates and the commercial reports), presented to the Westminster Parliament concerning those parts of the continent ruled by Britain and the areas immediately adjacent to them. Additional African information is to be found in Irish University Press subject sets on: Colonies General (which contains the annual reports), Anthropology, Emigration, Transportation and West Indies. -- Publisher's catalogue.